VSRB Vol 5 - Royal Canadian Legion

Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion
WEBB, Judson Zephrine
KOREA
Judd was born in Westville, NS, in 1928, son of Fred and Annie (Power) Webb. He
enlisted in the Canadian Army at Jerico Beach, BC, in 1952, and took training in
Aldershot, NS, and Wainwright, AB. He served with Black Watch 2RHC and the
1 st Commonwealth Division in Korea driving a jeep for senior officers. He was also
in Tokyo with the Merchant Marines and was discharged in 1956 with rank of
Private 1 st Class. He worked as a truck driver in Toronto from 1959 to 1981, and also
worked for the Nova Scotia Department of Transportation as a snow plow operator.
He lives in Burnside with his companion, Edna Zinck.
Submitted by the Stewiacke Valley Historical Society.
WENTZELL, Everette
WWI
Everette served in the 85 th Battalion (Nova Scotia Highlanders) and was listed
missing on October 30, 1917, during the heart breaking battle for Passchendaele. He
was killed during the Highlanders’ successful, yet very costly, attack on an objective
known to the troops by its battle designator of “Vienna Cottage” just west of the
town of Passchendaele. Everette is memorialized on a regimental monument that
now stands on the “start line” of their final battle overlooking the Vienna Cottage.
His body was never recovered and he is formally memorialized upon the walls of
the Menin Gate in Ypres, Belgium.
Submitted by Mahone Bay Branch #049 of The Royal Canadian Legion.
WESSELL, Gilbert
WWI
Gilbert son of Aaron Wessell of Lunenburg County was born in 1865 and enlisted
in WWI and was serving in Halifax, when on December 7, 1917, the city was
devastated by the Halifax Explosion. He passed away in 1959.
Submitted by the Stewiacke Valley Historical Society.
WESTHAVER, Russell Reginald
WWI
Russell enlisted in the CEF on October 20, 1915, in Halifax. Upon enlistment,
Russell declared Maders Cove as his place of birth and gave his occupation as a
being a “labourer.” He was assigned to the 85 th Battalion (Nova Scotia
Highlanders). Sixty-two Highlanders were killed on September 2, 1918, during an
attack on German positions at Scarpe, France. Russell was among the dead. The
attack broke the German Drocourt-Queant line. His remains are buried in plot 1 A
26 in the Dury Mill British Cemetery in France.
Submitted by Mahone Bay Branch #049 of The Royal Canadian Legion.
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